United
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Settling the Debate: Does American or United Have More First Class Seats in Chicago?
United had its first global media day (at least, first that I can remember) on Friday, and it was an event well…
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A Deeper Look at United’s CRJ-550 Rollout
United has been talking about this for some time, but last week the airline finally loaded flights operated by the CRJ-550. Initial…
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United Takes the Lead on Simplifying Elite Qualifying By Focusing on Spend
One of the knocks on United’s loyalty strategies over the years has been that the airline just takes what Delta does and…
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3 Links I Love: Norwegian Saved, SAS Livery, MAX Piloting
This week’s featured link: Norwegian’s bondholders accept debt relief plan – ch-aviationNorwegian has once again found a way to burn enough furniture…
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3 Links I Love: American’s Pain Continues, Captain Haynes, Origins of Economy
This week’s featured link: Canceled flights, wrecked vacations and leaky planes: Passenger frustrations rise as American Airlines struggles – Dallas Morning NewsThe…
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3 Links I Love: Mesa’s Funk, United’s Meh Expansion, The Black Box Inventor
I’m back, and that means so is the weekly 3 Links post. This does bring up a question… did you miss it…
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A More Detailed Look at United’s ConnectionSaver
It’s been truly enjoyable watching United’s rise from the extended depths of merger hell, and the airline’s recent roll-out of ConnectionSaver —…
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s Focus Cities, Delta Fixes American’s Failures, Reviving the Theme Building
This week’s featured link: ANALYSIS: What makes a focus city for Delta? – FlightGlobalHere’s an interesting look at how Delta views its…
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United Bets On TACA As Avianca Flounders
There has been quite the mess unfolding down in Latin America. South America’s second largest airline has been falling apart, and United…
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Delta May Now Walk Away From Its Old Tokyo Hub
The big expansion of flights between the US and Tokyo’s close-in Haneda airport is now set. While every airline that applied got…
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Don’t Waste the Effort, Let Air Italy Fail On Its Own
The big three US airlines (American, Delta, and United) have been hammering on the big three Middle East carriers (Emirates, Etihad, and…
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An Infrequent Flier Should Never Be Loyal to an Airline
I don’t think I’m overstepping by suggesting that airlines have borderline disdain for infrequent fliers. Even though those people are actually critically…